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Fedora 26: 2017-4336d64e21 Critical: Kernel Stability Fixes

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Calendar Grey August 24, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
This system upgrade for Fedora 26 brings vital corrections tackling data inconsistency and significant vulnerabilities.
The 4.12.8 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

The 4.12.8 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the

tree.

[ 1 ] Bug #1479307 - CVE-2017-1000112 kernel: Exploitable memory corruption due to UFO to non-UFO path switch

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1479307

[ 2 ] Bug #1479304 - CVE-2017-1000111 kernel: Heap out-of-bounds in AF_PACKET sockets

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1479304

[ 3 ] Bug #1477656 - CVE-2017-12134 xsa229 xen: linux: Fix Xen block IO merge-ability calculation (XSA-229)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477656

su -c 'dnf upgrade kernel' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org

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Change Log

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Update Instructions

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Product: Fedora 26
Version: 4.12.8
Release: 300.fc26
Summary: The Linux kernel

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